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  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... the many things I have to look forward to. For starters, I've slogged ... which I've been acquainted, but now, I'm starting to take the classes that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep ... according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it, though, and there are very few people I'm willing to sing in front of. Late

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore different types of documentary, from the classically framed interview to cin

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of ... of MIT Undergraduate Women in Physics, and asked her to do some physics ... the physics of real-life scenarios, it's useful to start with the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend ... example: "I was going to go to that convention with my friend, but a lot of ... I don't have a pair of cat ears to wear." See? Isn't that so much

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities ... Alumni to put together Admitted Student Gatherings to welcome you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... 'm Rachel, possibly more frequently referred to by my Athena username, rfong, although we have to be at least Facebook friends before that's socially

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web ... be told honestly this time, I've actually forgotten how to write ... tortuous sense of "best" and "imaginable." To show what I mean by example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  evangelism position for Apple, which was easy to do, because I was already a ... when I was a Rep, Apple was trying to generate some new ideas for projects. Thing that we could do on campus to get students excited about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  now regret that I even bothered to spend money on that, haha. I really ... , quoted verbatim from a letter left to her host before she departed MIT ... since then. Holla to the MA, NY, CT, NH, MD, RI, NJ, CA, MI, IL, IN, MO

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  and nights to match up all 1,100+ of you coming this weekend with ... 't worry - you WILL have a host and a place to stay once you get here. We'll work it out! And if your host has tried to contact you but you haven

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... group of girls clustered together, gossiping happily, oblivious to our

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... my camera having trouble focusing (not to mention coming close to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  So, my last few weeks have been no fun. To put it lightly. My main ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... . Massachusetts Avenue, so often clogged with cars, was transformed. It belonged to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with ... basically not sleep for an entire weekend. Current students/bloggers love to ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our schedules and then we can feel accomplished. I present to you, my weekly ... and learn about control systems, feedback loops, and attempt to drown

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy ... laptop hanging from the rafters with a note pinned to it. (not really, but ... computer, its finally back to running. (Ok, cool part, I managed to trick my

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to ... Costume Design for Theater class she took last semester, and I have to say ... wondering why, exactly, I chose to dress up as a Renaissance duke, especially

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008